The warehouse receives material, and most of the material is received into SAP Inventory Management (IM), which creates a transfer requirement and then a transfer order in SAP Warehouse Manage-ment (WM). It is important to ensure that the material is moved into the warehouse stock correctly.
5
Goods Receipts
In warehouse management, a goods receipt is the movement of material into the warehouse from an external source, which could be a production system, a vendor, etc. The warehouse-management system checks the goods receipt for accuracy and then processes it, moving the material into the warehouse and increasing the stock levels of the material received. A goods receipt into the warehouse is triggered by one of two documents, which can be either: 왘 A transfer requirement from inventory management or production 왘 An inbound delivery if handling-unit management or external system is
used
Chapter 11 provides more information on handling-unit management and storage-unit management.
Now that we have introduced the concept of goods receipts, we can go on to discuss the goods receipt process with inbound deliveries in detail.
5.1
Goods Receipt with Inbound Delivery
The handling unit (HU) is found in functionality outside of SAP WM. It is a physical unit that combines packaging materials with the materials inside. When the HU enters the warehouse, it is stored as a storage unit.
Note
A handling unit in the beverage industry could be a plastic crate and 12 bottles of soda. The HU contains all the information from the materials in the handling unit, such as batch numbers and serial numbers.
An HU can also be nested, which means that a single unit can be made from several smaller units. For instance, in the beverage industry, a shrink-wrapped crate of soda may be one handling unit, but is made up of 24 soda bottles that are also handling units.
This section will review the goods receipt with inbound deliveries, so we will first discuss inbound deliveries.
5.1.1 Inbound Delivery Overview
An inbound delivery can be created with reference to a number of processes, which are:
왘 Purchase order 왘 Stock transport order 왘 Customer return
There are many reasons to create inbound deliveries. The most useful one is that we can perform some processes in SAP before the material arrives and a goods receipt is posted. The vendor can send information about the inbound delivery, which informs the warehouse of the HUs that are being sent, the information that they contain, and the precise date and time of delivery.
5.1.2 Creating an Inbound Delivery
We can create an inbound delivery using the information from a vendor regarding a single purchase order for which it is supplying the material. The transaction to create a manual inbound delivery is Transaction VL31N. This can be found using the navigation path: SAP폷Logistics폷LogisticsExecution 폷InboundDelivery폷InboundDelivery폷Create폷SingleDocuments.
Figure 5.1 shows the initial screen for the creation of a manual inbound delivery. The vendor number and the purchase order number are required fields. Let’s discuss them here:
왘 Deliverydate
The delivery date is the date the vendor has given for delivery of the mate-rial. This is not necessarily the date stipulated in the purchase order to the vendor.
왘 ExternalID
This is the identification that the vendor has assigned to this delivery. It may be the vendor’s outbound delivery number or any identification that it requires. This field can be up to 35 characters long.
Goods Receipt with Inbound Delivery 5.1
왘 Meansoftrans.
The means of transport is the packaging material type. It can be config-ured using the Transaction VHAR or by using the navigation path: IMG폷 LogisticsExecution폷Shipping폷Packing폷DefinePackagingMaterialType. The packaging material type defines how the materials are shipped. 왘 MeansoftransportID
The field to the right of the Meansoftrans. field is the identification field, where a reference can be entered. For example, if the means of transport was a truck, then the means of transport ID may be the license plate of the truck, or the trailer number or the vehicle VIN number. Up to 20 charac-ters can be entered into this field.
Figure 5.2 shows the item overview for the inbound delivery being created. The delivery quantity and the item number have been entered with the pur-chase order placed into the reference document field. The delivery item cat-egory field has been filled with ELN, which is used for inbound deliveries. The system proposes this value, but it can be changed. The value determines how the line item is processed.
From this screen, the inbound delivery can be processed and an inbound delivery number is returned to the screen after posting.
5.1.3 Creating a Transfer Order for an Inbound Delivery
Once the inbound delivery has been created, the transfer order is created with reference to the inbound delivery document. Use Transaction LT0F to create a transfer order for an inbound delivery. The transaction can be found using the navigation path: SAP 폷 Logistics 폷 Logistics Execution 폷Inbound Process폷GoodsReceiptforInboundDelivery폷Putaway 폷CreateTransfer Order폷ForInboundDelivery.
Figure 5.3 shows the initial screen of Transaction LT0F that shows the selec-tions that can be made to aid the creation of a transfer order. You must have the warehouse number and the inbound delivery when creating the transfer order. The other selection fields shown in Figure 5.3 are optional.
5.1.4 Using the Inbound Delivery Monitor
If the inbound delivery is not known when using Transaction LT0F, you can use the Inbound Delivery Monitor to display open and completed deliveries. You also can use the monitor to process inbound and outbound deliveries.
Goods Receipt with Inbound Delivery 5.1
Figure 5.3 also shows that the Inbound Delivery Monitor can be accessed through Transaction LT0F, by using the Delivery Monitor Inb. Deliveries button on the initial screen. Otherwise the Inbound Delivery Monitor can be executed by Transaction VL06I or by using the navigation path: SAP폷 Logis-tics폷 LogisticsExecution 폷Information System폷 GoodsReceipt폷 Inbound DeliveryLists폷InboundDeliveryMonitor.
In Figure 5.4, the monitor allows a number of selection options. In this sec-tion, we are creating transfer orders based on goods receipts. Therefore, you should select ForGoodsReceipt on the monitor.
Figure 5.4 Initial Selection Screen for Inbound Delivery Monitor: Transaction VL06I
Goods Receipt with Inbound Delivery 5.1
Figure 5.5 shows the selection fields that can be entered to search for partic-ular inbound deliveries based on the following search criteria. These are: 왘 POData
A range for the purchase order and purchase order item 왘 TimeData
The delivery date entered into the inbound delivery document 왘 PutawayData
The storage location and warehouse number
The other two indicators in this area refer to warehouse checks at the header or item level.
If the CheckatHeaderLevel indicator is set, then the system will only find inbound deliveries that have warehouse numbers in the header that meet the selection criteria.
If the CheckatItemLevel indicator is set, then all deliveries that include at least one item that meets the warehouse number criteria are selected. Let’s take a look at these:
왘 PartnerData
The vendor number or a range of vendor numbers of the required inbound deliveries
왘 Doc.Data
The inbound delivery number and the external delivery number 왘 MaterialData
The UPC code or the vendor material number, if these are known
Once all the search criteria have been entered into the search, you can exe-cute the transaction by choosing Program폷Execute from the header menu or by using the F8 function key.
After the data was entered into the selection criteria, the resulting inbound deliveries, shown in Figure 5.6, were found to have met those criteria. A transfer order can be created from a chosen inbound delivery by selecting SubsequentFunctions폷CreateTransferOrder from the header menu. In Figure 5.7 a dialog box will appear requiring an entry of parameters for creation of the transfer order from the inbound delivery. The Adopt Puta-wayQty field can be entered with one of the options shown in Figure 5.7.
Once you have selected a parameter, the process of creating a transfer order is performed in the background. If the transfer order is created, the system will generate a message that the transfer order has been created successfully or has not been.
If the transfer order has been created, you can see the document flow for the inbound delivery by selecting the inbound delivery from Figure 5.6 and choosing Environment폷DocumentFlow from the header menu.
Figure 5.8 shows the original inbound delivery and the handling unit associ-ated with it. The transfer order has been creassoci-ated for the inbound delivery and is shown as an element of document flow.
Figure 5.6 Search Results for Goods Receipt for Inbound Deliveries
from Inbound Delivery Monitor
Figure 5.7 Creating Transfer Order from Inbound Delivery 190000208 —
Goods Receipt with Inbound Delivery 5.1
Transaction LT21 enables display of the transfer order, noted in the docu-ment flow for the inbound delivery.
Figure 5.9 shows the transfer order created for the inbound delivery. The system sets the confirmation flag because the transfer order was confirmed when the transfer order was created in the Inbound Delivery Monitor. Now that we have examined the goods-receipt process with inbound deliv-eries, let us look at what happens when goods receipts are made without inbound deliveries.
Figure 5.8 Document Flow for Inbound Delivery 190000208, Showing Created Transfer
Order Number 22
5.2
Goods Receipt Without Inbound Delivery
A goods receipt for a delivery that is not an inbound delivery occurs when the material is not packed, as it is with an HU. This occurs when material arrives at the receiving dock from the vendor without any containers or pal-lets. The goods receipt occurs in the IM module, and a transfer requirement is created for the movement of the material into the warehouse.
5.2.1 Goods Receipt in Inventory Management
Goods receipts relevant to a warehouse-management system can be pro-duced by the arrival of material at the plant from a purchase order with a vendor. A goods receipt can be defined as a company’s formal acceptance that materials were received from a vendor against a purchase order. Once the material is received and the transaction completed, the value of the mate-rial is posted to the general ledger.
The goods-receipt transaction is accessed through Transaction MIGO. The transaction can be accessed via the navigation path: SAPMenu폷Logistics폷 Materials Management 폷 Inventory Management 폷 Goods Movement 폷 GoodsReceipt폷ForPurchaseOrder폷GRforPurchaseOrder.
Goods Receipt Without Inbound Delivery 5.2
Figure 5.10 shows the goods receipt for a purchase order of Material1905. It also shows the quantity of material that will be receipted into Plant3000 and the GRgoodsreceipt type 101, which represents a goods receipt for a pur-chase order.
5.2.2 Review of the Material Documents
After all the relevant details such as storage location, batch number, etc., have been added to the goods-receipt transaction, the goods receipt can be posted. If the goods receipt does not return any error messages, the transac-tion will post and display the number of the material document for the movement of the material.
To view the material document, use the Transaction MB03. This can be found using the navigation path SAPMenu폷Logistics폷Materials Manage-ment폷InventoryManagement폷MaterialDocument폷Display. On the initial screen, enter the material document number displayed after the goods receipt posted and the year, as shown in Figure 5.11.
After the material document number and the fiscal year have been entered, the material document can be displayed.
Figure 5.12 shows the material document that was created during the process-ing of the goods receipt for a purchase order. The material document shows the material, plant, storage location where the material will be stored, pur-chase order number, the batch number of the material being receipted, and the movement type of the goods receipt that produced the material document. In addition the material document contains an option to show the account-ing documents created because the material was received at the plant and moved into stock. The company therefore assumes financial liability for the material.
Figure 5.13 shows the accounting document relevant to the goods receipt of the material from the purchase order. The two lines of the accounting docu-ment show the financial liability moving from the account 191100 (goods receipt account) to the account 792000, which is the finished goods inven-tory account.
5.2.3 Review of Stock Levels after Goods Receipt
Once the goods receipt of the purchase order into inventory is complete, a stock overview can be performed to show the material in stock. The stock
Figure 5.12 Display of Material Document Created by Goods Receipt for Purchase Order
Figure 5.13 Display of Accounting Document Created as Part
Goods Receipt Without Inbound Delivery 5.2
overview can be executed using the Transaction MMBE. This can be accessed using the navigation path: SAPMenu 폷Logistics폷Materials Management폷 InventoryManagement폷Environment폷Stock폷StockOverview.
The stock overview screen shows the material that has been posted as a result of the goods receipt. The information regarding the material 1905, such as the batch number 505, is shown on the stock overview, shown in ure 5.14. It matches the information in the material document, shown in Fig-ure 5.12.
5.2.4 Display of the Transfer Requirement
The goods receipt of the material from the purchase order has been receipted into stock, as shown by the material documents and the stock overview pro-gram. This information reflects the movement into the stock location rele-vant to IM, but not movement relerele-vant to WM.
When the movement into the storage location was made, a transfer require-ment would have been created, as the storage location is warehouse-man-aged. The transfer requirement can be found by using Transaction LB11 that allows for a search of the transfer requirements by material number. This transaction can be found by using the navigation path: SAPMenu폷Logistics 폷 Logistics Execution 폷 Internal Warehouse Processes 폷 Transfer Require-ment폷Display폷ForMaterial.
Figure 5.15 shows the initial screen of the Transaction LB11. To find all the transfer requirements for the material that has been goods-receipted, you can enter the material number, warehouse number, and plant. Other infor-mation such as shipment type can also be entered. In this example, the Ship-ment Type “E” has been entered, restricting the transfer-requireShip-ment search to stock placements.
Figure 5.15 Display Transfer Requirements for Single Material: Transaction LB11
Figure 5.16 Display of Transfer Requirement Resulting From Search Criteria:
Goods Receipt Without Inbound Delivery 5.2
Figure 5.16 shows the transfer requirement found using the search criteria entered in Figure 5.15. The transfer requirement has been created as a result of the goods receipt for the purchase order. The line item shows the transfer requirement number, movement type, and description that created the transfer requirement, the purchase order number that has been receipted into stock, and the quantity on the transfer requirement.
Now that we have identified the transfer requirement, we can convert it to a transfer order. As Figure 5.16 shows, there are two was to do this. A transfer order can be created in the foreground or the background.
To convert to a transfer order in the foreground, the TOinForeground but-ton can be selected or the Ctrl+Shift+F8 function keys. The transfer order can also be created from the header menu and choosing Environment폷TOin Foreground.
Figure 5.17 shows the first screen displayed after the TOinForeground but-ton is selected. You can review and change the information if necessary. Once it is correct the Generate+NextMat button can be selected to com-plete the line item.
Figure 5.18 shows the transfer order that has been created from the informa-tion that was shown in Figure 5.17. The transfer order can be posted by selecting Transfer Order 폷 Posting from the header menu or the function keys Ctrl+S.
Once the transfer order has been posted, the system returns to the display of transfer requirements, as shown in Figure 5.16, and the transfer order number is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
5.2.5 Display of the Transfer Order
The transfer order that is created by the conversion of the transfer require-ment to a transfer order can be seen using Transaction LT21 if the transfer order number is known. If just the material is known, use Transaction LT24 or follow the navigation menu path: SAPMenu폷Logistics폷Logistics Execu-tion 폷 Internal Warehouse Processes 폷 Stock Transfer 폷 Display Transfer Order폷ForMaterial.
Figure 5.19 shows the initial selection criteria screen for the display of trans-fer orders. All the transtrans-fer orders can be displayed for a material in a ware-house. In this example, the transfer order created for the goods receipt of material 1905 is being searched for, and the selection criteria reflect this.
Goods Receipt Without Inbound Delivery 5.2
Figure 5.20 shows the transfer order that has been created for the purchase order 4500017557 that was receipted into the plant. A transfer requirement has been created to start the putaway in the warehouse. The conversion of the transfer requirement to the transfer order and the confirmation of the transfer order have moved the 23 units of material 1905 into the warehouse storage bin 01–01–01 in storage type 001.
Figure 5.19 Initial Screen for Display Of Transfer Order by Material Number:
Transaction LT24
Figure 5.20 Display of Transfer Orders Available from Selection Criteria:
In the last two sections, we described goods receipts with and without inbound deliveries. Now we shall examine goods receipts that do not involve inventory management.
5.3
Goods Receipt Without Inventory Management
At first glance, this process may appear somewhat abnormal. Normally, materials are receipted into a storage location, and that triggers a transfer requirement and a transfer order in WM. However, there are materials in the warehouse that sometimes do not require a goods receipt in IM, but are required for warehouse operations. An example of this is packaging materi-als, such as pallets and crates. These are used for material storage and ship-ment, but do not have to be goods-receipted into IM.5.3.1 Create the Transfer Order for the Goods Receipt
The transfer order can be created without reference to a goods receipt from IM or a transfer requirement in WM. A transfer order can be created in Transaction LT01 or via the SAP navigation path: SAP Menu 폷 Logistics 폷 LogisticsExecution폷InternalWarehouseProcesses폷StockTransfer폷Create TransferOrder폷NoSourceObject.
Goods Receipt Without Inventory Management 5.3
Figure 5.21 shows the initial screen for creating the transfer order using Transaction LT01. The goods-movement number 501 used here refers to a receipt without a purchase order. In this scenario, a vendor may have dropped off a shipment of 200 pallets to be used in the shipment of parts. Many industries use pallets that are leased to them at a very small charge per day; e.g.,GKN pallets.
Note
A GKN pallet is a series of blue wooden strips and blocks crafted into a square shape, about 1.2 square meters. It is manufactured by CHEP, a division of GKN, and is rented to a company for a few cents per day.
Figure 5.22 shows the detail screen for Transaction LT01. The screen shows that the material putaway will come from the source storage type 902, which is the goods-receipt area. The system will generate the destination storage type and storage bin. To create the transfer order, use the function keys Ctrl +S or TransferOrder폷Posting from the header menu. Once posting is com-plete, the system will return to the initial screen and display the transfer order number it has created.
Figure 5.22 Detail Screen for Creating Transfer Order for Material Receipt Without IM:
5.3.2 Display the Transfer Order for the Goods Receipt
The information in the transfer order can be reviewed by displaying the con-tents of the transfer order using Transaction LT21 or following the SAP nav-igation path: SAP Menu 폷 Logistics 폷 Logistics Execution 폷 Internal Ware-house Processes 폷 Stock Transfer 폷 Display Transfer Order 폷 Single Document. The transaction requires that the just the warehouse number and the transfer order number be entered to display the transfer-order details.
Figure 5.23 shows the detail of the line item in the transfer order created for the goods receipt. The material has been moved from storage type 902, stor-agesection001, and storage bin WE-ZONE to storage type 001, storage sec-tion 001, and storage bin 01–01–01. Note that the quantity of 200 has not been confirmed because the confirmation indicator next to the warehouse number has not been set by the system.
5.3.3 Display the Stock Levels
Prior to the posting of the transfer order and the receipt of the material into the warehouse stock, the stock levels for the material in the warehouse can be reviewed. To do this, use Transaction LS24 or follow the SAP navigation path: SAPMenu폷Logistics폷LogisticsExecution폷InternalWarehouse Proc-esses폷BinsandStock폷Display폷BinStockperMaterial.
Figure 5.23 Display of Transfer Order Created for Material Goods Receipt Without IM:
Goods Receipt Without Inventory Management 5.3
Figure 5.24 shows initial screen for Transaction LS24 that allows selections to be made to report on the stock levels for the material required. In this example, the display for stock levels of material 1920 is limited to the ware-house number 088, but for all storage types.
Figure 5.25 shows the stock levels for material 1920. It shows that the mate-rial is located in receiving area and not yet moved to storage type 001 and
Figure 5.24 Initial Screen for Display of Transfer Order by Material: Transaction LS24
placed in bin 01–01–01. Therefore, the transfer order should be confirmed using Transaction LT12 or by following the navigation menu path: SAP Menu 폷 Logistics 폷 Logistics Execution 폷 Internal Warehouse Processes 폷 StockTransfer폷ConfirmTransferOrder폷SingleDocument폷InOneStep.
Figure 5.26 shows the information required to confirm the transfer order and move the material from the goods receipt area to the storage bin 01–01– 01 in storage type 001.
You can confirm the movement by checking the bin stock using Transaction LS24. Enter the same information in the initial screen as in Figure 5.24. The resulting screen after confirmation of the transfer order shows the material posted into the correct storage bin. The final placement of the material in the warehouse is shown in Figure 5.27.
Summary 5.4
5.4
Summary
Material is receipted into stock using purchase orders or production orders. The material can easily be goods-receipted using inventory management, but a number of steps are needed to move and store the material in SAP WM. This chapter explained procedures required when material is brought into the warehouse, either as a normal receipt or as a receipt that involves han-dling units.
Chapter 6 will examine the opposite of goods receipt: goods issue. Moving the material from the warehouse involves a variety of procedures that you should understand clearly.
Figure 5.27 Stock per Material Report Showing Movement from WE-ZONE
A
ABAP code 364
To modify transfer order document 367
ABC analysis 335 Indicator 337 Perform 335 Process 337 ABC indicator Viewing 337 Accounting departments 29
Accuracy of warehouse inventory 334 Active Capacity Check 48
Active tags 427 Acute health effects
From hazardous materials 379
Aggregate state 383 Annual inventory
Configuration 312
Assignment of Warehouse 36 Automatic data collection 401
B
Bar code 402
Configuration 407
Defining for warehouses 410 For identification and verification 407 Reader technologies 405 Readers 404 Scanner 404 Structure 404 Type 410 Batch Definition 95 Determination 275 Management 78, 95, 111 Number 96 Recording 95 Search procedure 104 Status indicator 98 Strategy types 103 Best Buy 423 Bin management 467 Bin status report 66
Blocked bins 229 Blocking Logic 40 Book stock 315, 327 Book value 328 Break-bulk cargo 25 Bulk storage 80, 287, 304
C
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 379
Capacity Check Method 47 Carousel storage 298 Catalyst International 30 cGMP 95 Change notice 245 Change-coupled device 406 Charge-coupled device 405 Check digit 403
Check goods storage 395 Clean Air Act 379 Clean Water Act 379 Clear differences 327 Client level 96
Complete stock pick 373
Return to same bin 374
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 379 Condition tables 99 Confirmation transaction 235 Consignment material 92 Consistency check 306 Consumer purchasing 26 Continuous inventory Configuration 328, 346 Document 329 Document printing 331 Control parameters 37 Control quantity 84 Corporation 27 Count deviation 324 Count documents 321 View 321 Count results 333
Index
Count value 328 Counting of assets 311 Counting of stock 311 Creating new warehouse 37 Crime prevention costs 428 Cross docking 433, 435 Benefits 435 Configuration 438 Decisions 440 Definition 435 Movements 440 One step 440 Planned 436 Planned, in SAP 437 Suitable materials 437 Two-step 443 Types 436
Cross docking alert monitor 448 Cross docking monitor 446
Accessing 447
Cross-line stock
Putaway 303 Putaway strategy 302
Cycle count document 339
Printing 340 Cycle counting 310, 334, 338 Benefits 334
D
Data collection 29, 419 Data processing 29 Date 98 Available from 98 Next inspection 99 Production 98 Shelf-life expiration 98Decentralized warehouse management system 482
Delivery item status 194
Message 194 Packing 194
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 380
Department of Defense 423, 430 Department of the Environment and
Water Resources 380 Distribution center 27 Distribution warehouse 210 Dock 23 Document flow 170 Document limits 315 Downstream sortation 225 Drug pedigree system 431
E
Electronic Payments 428
Oyster card 428 Oyster system 428
Electronic Product Code (EPC) 422 Empty bin 299
Checking 228 Display 299
Putaway strategy 302
End Value 56
Environmental Protection Agency 379 e-pedigree 431
EXE Technologies 30
Extended Warehouse Management 81, 450, 451, 477, 484
Decentralized 481 Future 482
F
Finished goods 336
Fire department inventory list 394 Fire resistance 381
Fire-containment section 59, 381 First in, first out strategy 263 Fixed bin picking 288 Fixed bin putaway 288 Fixed-bin storage 288
Flexible Delivery Processing 430 Forecasting and replenishment 477 Full stock removal 49
G
Generation of Pedigree Notifications 430
GlaxoSmithKline 431 Goods issue 187, 401
Negative balance 206
Goods movement data 203 Goods movement status 194 Goods receipt 163, 401
Process 162 Transaction 172
With inbound deliveries 164 Without inbound delivery 172
Goods receiving 28 Goods-issue functionality 187 Goods-receipt area 441 Group 210 Creation 210 Definition 210
H
Hand Held Products 406 Handling unit 50, 163, 170 Hazardous material 43, 379
Classifications 380 Correct storage 397 List 393
Master data configuration 381 Number 78, 392 Record 391 Record creation 391 Storage class 390 Storage warning 383 Warning 382, 391
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 379
Hazardous substance list 397 Hazmat teams 393
I
ID point 45, 48 Inbound delivery 441 Creation 164 Monitor 166 Search criteria 169 Transfer order 166 Inbound processes 414 Inbound shipments 29 Individual product tagging 428 Industry sectorDefining 73
Integration with Material Master 70 Inter-company billing 193
Intermec 406
International Article Numbering Associa-tion 403 Inventory 205 Annual physical 311, 328 Continuous 328 Inventory count 311, 323 Document number 340 Documents 321 Previous 312 Inventory Management 85, 172, 175, 351, 441 Goods Movement 115 Movement type 115 Inventory method 67 Inventory movement 91 Inventory procedures 310, 311 Inventory write-offs 334
J
Japanese Numbering Authority 404
L
Laser 405
Laser scanners 406
Last in, first out strategy 268 Legacy systems 30
Loading equipment quantity 82 Logistics 26
M
Mail control 47 Mandatory routes 466 Manhattan Associates 30 Manufacturers code 402 Manufacturing plant 27 Material Creation 111 Fast-moving 42 Level 96Movement between storage bins 230 overview 249, 253
Putaway 287 Quantity 358 Rack storage type 42 Slow-moving 43 Stock overview 343 Type 336
Index
Material document 173, 203, 207, 251
For outbound delivery 203 Number 251
Material Master 236, 275, 392
Fields 73
Proposed unit of measure 78 Record 134, 237, 271, 273 Replenishment data 135 Material movements Inbound or outbound 203 Material variance 327 Materials Management 29, 334, 351 Material-to-material transfer 252 Maximum bin quantity 83 MIT AutoID center 422 Mixed storage 46
Mobile data collection 419 Mobile data entry 398, 399, 413
Adding users 413 Logging on 414 Movement types 114, 315, 357, 358, 439 Configuration 238 Creation 116 Inventory Management 125 Reference 125 Warehouse Management 125 Multiple processing 40, 210
N
National Distribution Center 27 Near picking bin 287, 306 Negative stock 49 Next empty bin 298
Putaway strategy 298
Next empty storage bin 287
O
Open storage 294
Putaway strategy 294 Section 287
Organizational level data 76
Outbound delivery 189, 192, 204, 210, 483 Document 202 Elements of 191 Monitor 197 Number 200 Outbound processing 430 Outbound shipping 29, 226 Overdeliveries 123
P
Packing 225 Area 225Materials and processes 226
Passive tags 427 Photodiode technology 405 Physical inventory 310, 401 Functionality 348 Information 345 Pick quantity 90 Picking Area 58, 83, 236 Operations 210 Operator 224 Placement strategies 484 Point 45 Process 223
Picking and packing 223 Picking schemes 224
Batch picking 224 Progressive assembly 225 Single order picking 224 Zone picking 224
Picking strategy 257, 263
Configuration 266 Definition 257
For partial quantities 280 Quantity relevant 282, 285 Types 257
Planned goods issue date 191 Planned storage units
Receiving 362
Recording differences 363
Plant 358 Plant level 96
Plant-maintenance cost center 205 Port warehousing 25 Posting change 85, 244 Definition 245 Notice 144, 246, 254 Pre-allocation stock 123 Print code 159
Printer designation 160 Proctor and Gamble 423 Product code 403 Production process 275 Production supply area 344 Public warehouse 28 Putaway 351
Block 63 Material for 295 Open storage 295
With storage unit management 368
Putaway strategies 285, 287 Activation 306 Configuration 292 Types 287
Q
Quality inspection 245 Quality Management 85 Quant 47, 53, 89, 346 Definition 47 Display 69 Incorrect storage 396 Moved 227 Negative 209 Number 69 Record 68R
R/2 link 41 Radio frequency 29 Queue 411 Terminal or device 399Radio frequency device 398, 399
Character-based 400 For forklifts 400 GUI devices 400 Portable 400 Two types 400
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) 29, 419, 421
Reader field 422 Reduction in theft 424 Region code assignment 388 Regulations for RFID use 422 Remaining shelf-life 110 Replenishment control 238 Replenishment quantity 84 Report inventory 268 Request management 464 Requirement type 121
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 379
Resource element 461
Resource element maintenance wizard 458 Resource management in TRM 461 Resource types 461 Allocation 462 Components 462 Definition 461 Forklift truck 462 Forklift truck driver 462
Retail warehouses 438 Return storage bin 120 Returnable Transport Items 432
Processing 430, 432
Returnable transport packaging 93 RF monitor 417 Accessing 418 Use 418 RF scanning device 364 RFID Advantages 424 Benefits 423 Commercial use 421 Current uses 428 Definition 421 Disadvantages 425 Frequencies 427 Mandate 423 Readers 422 Signals 425 Tags 424, 425, 427, 428 Rounding quantity 83 Route exceptions 467 Route management 466 Row and shelf assignment 306
S
Safe Drinking Water Act 379 Sales data 190
Sales order 188
Creation 188 Number 188
Index
SAP APO 477
SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure (SAP AII) 429, 484
SAP Business Suite solutions 477 SAP ECC 6.0 17, 71, 401, 479
Functionality 451
Pre-defined industry sectors 73 WM data entry screens 76
SAP ERP 451 SAP MM 17 SAP PP 17 SAP SCM 17, 479 SAP SCM 5.0 477
New functionality for EWM 478
SAP SD 17 Sales orders 483 SAPConsole 400, 451 Components 401 Description 401 Session 401 Scheduler function 464 Search per level definition 306 Sectioned bins 229
Semi-passive taqs 427 Serial number capture 401 Shelf-life expiration 275, 278 Control list 278 Date 275 Date calculation 275 Picking strategy 275, 278 Shipment type 121, 137, 176 Shipping 28 Shipping point 189, 215 Definition 189 Details 190 Site map 453
Slap and ship strategy 430 Source storage bin 284 Special movement 79
Special stock indicator 67, 91, 261 Special stock number 91
Spool code 160
Staging material for delivery 191 Standard SAP system 399 Standard stock placement 349
Standard warehouse management 453, 482
Standard warehouse terminology 452
Start value 56
State regulations for hazardous materi-als 379 Status of movement 140 Stock 84 Available 89 Balance 209 Blocked 86 Categories 84 Category 67, 261 Consignment 92 For putaway 89 Inspection 85 Levels 174 Management 70, 71 Movement 312 Overview 401 Placement 46, 80 Position 270 Project 93 Putaway 261, 367 Putaway strategy 45 Sales order 91 Special 90 Status 88 Unrestricted 84
Stock placement transactions 63 Stock removal Manually triggered 346 Strategy 49, 264, 276 Stock replenishment 226, 227, 239 Stock transfer 230 Internal 227 Storage bins 53, 83, 319, 481 Automatic creation 61 Block 62 Blocking reasons 64 Error log 396 Fixed 236 Generation 306 Kanban 344, 347 Manual creation 60 Structure 302 Structure definition 55 Types 53, 59 Storage classes 385
Per storage type 389
Storage section 51, 58, 79 Configuration 52 Search 390 Storage type 41, 231, 480 Block 318 Configuration 265, 269 Control 308, 354 Control definition 306 Count 318
Data entry screen 45 Indicator 258, 261 Search 260, 262, 390 Search sequence 283 Table 81
Storage unit
Add to existing stock 368 Contents document 364, 366 Creating a record 356 Creation 368 Display 358 Document 364 Multiple materials 368 Number ranges 353 Picking 50 Planning 359
Planning by transfer order 360 Record 356
Single material 368 Transfer order document 364 Type 82, 355
Storage unit management 48, 349, 351, 352
Configuration steps 352
Integrating with stock picking 372 Key elements 351
Storing 28
Supply chain 23, 424
Supply chain management 450
T
Target Stores 423
Task and resource management 450, 451, 484
Five core areas 451
Task management 465
Scenarios 465
Time slot 218
Toxic Substances Control Act 379
Traditional warehouse 452 Transaction processing 419 Transfer orders 124, 143, 207, 222, 232, 284, 484 Cancellation 151 Confirmation 153, 157, 243, 317, 376 Confirmation by each item 346 Conversion 211, 242 Creation 144, 177, 195, 197, 246, 292, 300, 344, 360, 444 Detail 255 Display 178 Document 364 For goods receipt 180 Item details 249 Item information 297 Manual creation 149 Multiple 195 Open 316, 317 Posted 178 Printing 158 processing 441 Split 196 Transfer posting 254 Transfer requirement 122, 132, 134, 140, 144, 147, 177, 210, 240 Confirmation 212 Deletion 142 Display 175 Group 213 Manual 133 Open 212
Transportation planning status 193 Trash tobacco 24
TRM monitor 468 Two-step picking 80, 212 Types of warehouse stock 84
U
Uniform Code Council 402 Unit of Measure 29, 82 Universal Product Code 402
US Food and Drug Administration 431
V
Value-added services 450, 451, 469, 484
Index
Orders 469
Work center profile 470
Variable-length manufacturer codes 402 Variance procedures 325 VAS Alert monitor 477 Monitor 476 Order 473, 475 Template creation 473, 475 Template determination 472 Vendor batch 99 Verification profile 409 Volume Unit 39
W
Wal-Mart 27, 423, 430 Warehouse 25 Basic functionality 31Basic settings for VAS operations 471 Bonded 24 Efficiency 377 Grid-lock 227 Introduction 23 Inventory 327 Management system 27 Management system, History 29 Movements 111, 113
Number 231, 357, 358, 479 Numbering 479
Operation 261, 482
Operation, Increasing productivity of
210 Stock 269 Tobacco 24 Warehouse-management activities 193 Warehouse-to-warehouse transfer 113 Warehousing 23 Cost 28 Early examples 23 Overflow 28 Seasonal requirements 28 Water-pollution class 388, 391, 395 Wave creation 215
Wave group release and print 221 Wave Monitor 215, 217, 220 Wave pick 215, 218, 221 Creation 215 Group 215 Wave profile 218 Weight unit 39
Work Breakdown Structure 93 Working area 457
Definition 457
Z
Zero stock check 50, 341, 348
Automatic 343 Configuration 342 Definition 342 Dialog box 346 Indicator 342 Zone group 456 Configuring 456
